TODAY IS:

Forest Row, Sponsored By Flora Pro Activ, Visited Moulescombe On A Cloudy Sunday. Moulescombe Won The Toss & Had No Hesitation In Putting Row In On A Damp Wicket. Row Opened With Britt & Westmuckett. Britt (12), Off The Mark With An Upper Cut 4, Soon Perished As The Indifferent Bounce Induced A Top Edged Pull – Brilliantly Caught On The Boundary Edge By Powell, With The Score On 12. There Soon Followed A Gradual Procession Of Wickets, As The Bowling & Conditions Subjugated Row’s Attempts To Build A Competitive Score. Row Were Reeling On 51-8 When Jones & Keeler Came Together. They Managed To Pierce The Gaps & Clear The Infield With Some Fine Strokes & Some Old Fashion Bashing. They Realised A Priceless 43, When Keeler Was Caught Off Pitts For 18. Jones Ushered Row Into Triple Figures, Before He Fell For 27.
With Just About A Total To Attempt A Defence, Row Needed Tight Bowling, Backed Up By Sharp Fielding. M. Divall Broke Through Early For Row, Trapping D Williams Lbw. An Inspired Field Change Immediately Resulted In L Williams Caught At Mid Wicket By Keeler. Young Lawrence Webb Bowled Like A Seasoned Pro, Dismissing Botting Caught Jones At Mid On. Moulescombe Fought Back, As Yates (23) Was Joined By Tovey – Who Took Them Over The Fifty Mark. Jones, Finally Bowled Yates With A Beauty. The Gamble To Introduce The Guile Of Phil Rowe Paid Off With Britt Taking A Fine Catch In Close, Then Rowe Accepting A Simple Return Catch. Britt Had Tovey Missed By White In The Gully. Though Britt Bowled Powell & Rowe Bowled Ralph, With 11 Runs Still Required, Row Were Left To Rue The Missed Opportunity As Tovey, Who Had Earlier Taken 5-22, Guided Moulescombe Home With 4.5 Overs To Spare – In A Tense Finish.

Forest Row 101 (27.2) Jones 27, Keeler 18, Britt 12, Tovey 10-1-22-5

Moulescombe 102-9(42.1) Tovey 45* Yates 23. Phil Rowe 6-0-16-3, M Divall 13-2-23-3